I found this while doing some research on a Enfield I'm looking for. Wanted to share this with my fellow Krag lovers, This guy could have used some Krag Chargers. (You need to Login to view media files and links)        

The guy with the Krag was just the better shooter of the two, I think.  10rd stripper for the Enfield?  How about two fives.  If it was 10, that's cheating!  Yea the Krag shooter should've ordered some chargers, he'd have really ripped the Enfield then.

I find it interesting that the guy with the Enfield stated "I have a longer barrel" and yet was bested by a Krag Carbine with a shorter barrel.  In my opinion, the Krag may not be the easiest to load... but is by-far the most accurate!  Oh, and the times weren't that far apart either... considering the guy loaded the Krag one cartridge at a time (he could have stripped five out of his belt and then dumped all five in at once... and save a few seconds).

cdagnese:  You have your Lee-Enfield nomenclature wrong.  I believe you are referring to the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mark III (later called the Number 1 Rifle, Mark III) and the Number 4 Rifle, Mark I.  You are correct in pointing out some inherent 'engineering' weaknesses of the Lee-Enfield design.  The U.S. Krag also has some 'flaws':  single locking lug and inherently fragile stock.  I would agree with your view that most Krags seem to be a tad more accurate than Lee-Enfield rifles.  (I personally have found my Krags to be gentler on brass).  But, there are some Lee-Enfield Rifles that are fine performers and the Brits were certainly able to tune them up for fine match performance.  In all fairness, accuracy expectations should be about the same for a L-E or Krag.  (My Remington 1903-A3 beats them both)!  If these guys were really comparing Apples and Apples, they would have used earlier Lee-Enfield infantry or cavalry models that did not have 'charger-loading' capability.  After 10 rounds, the Krag would have had the loading advantage.  

On the SMLEs and No4 Mk1 I own, the magazines are numbered to the rifle.  Someone can correct me, but reloading was done through stripper clips only, not by inserting a fresh loaded magazine.

butlersrangers:

You're correct about the nomenclature.  My bad.    While the Brits made some decent match grade rifles out of derivatives of the Enfield, the field grade guns were notoriously inaccurate compared to the Krag. 
They built rifles like they built sports cars.  The Enfield also has a notoriously weak receiver.  Headspace problems are a constant problem with Enfield rifles.  Ask any one who reloads .303 British about stretched cases. The rear locking lug bolt design is a rather poor example of the gunmaker's art - ergo, the accuracy of the Mauser type action with it's forward dual locking lugs and the P13 and P14 American made Enfields.

we guys I own most of the rifles that have been talked about and my No4MkIII is extreamly acurate. I love them all but have never tried to see which one is the most acurate. You have to one at least one before you can talk factually about them. My Enfilelds are great rifles, I have a sprot rifle, a full military both No4MkIIIs and one No5, they all shoot good but the full miliarty sots the best of all. I have a 03, 2 Garands, a M1 carbine, 2 Mod 98 Mousers and a Gew88, a Jap Arusockie 7.7, 3 differnt model Krags so I can speck from a position of knowledge on this one. My Krag can rapid fire standing at 75 feet and put then in a 5 in groupe.

Well you guys are talking about the Enfield rifle not being that good of a rifle is news to me. Both of my Enfield rifles are very accurate rifles. as a matter of fact the record of the mad minute is 38 hits on a 12X12 target 300 yrds away. Lee Enfield's are only loaded with 5 round stripper clips because they were easier to carry and the Mag can only take 5 rounds at a time. When they changed to 308 the box mag had the same problem that it could only take 5 rounds at a time from a 10 round stripper clip.
Hey DICK as to my limited knowledge the only fake Jungle Carbine was or is made by Gibbs Manufacturing here in West Virginia and it has a nickel finish, It is a beautiful riffle and I think it's only in 308. OK DICK I just unlimited my knowledge a little bit they did make them in black. (You need to Login to view media files and links)